Lead Level Artist [Anno] (f/m/d) – Ubisoft – Mainz

Anno offers its players a rich city-building experience with a highly customizable sandbox mode and story-based campaign. With Anno 1800, our team has just released the series’ fastest selling installment to date and is now looking for a talented Lead Level Artist to join us at Ubisoft Mainz. In this hands-on role you will guide your team in the creation of beautiful, AAA environments for the Anno franchise.

Your main tasks are to:

Lead and mentor the level art team and support them in the creation of workflows, techniques and AAA content

Work closely with Game Design, R&D and Art to ensure that all level art content is in line with the project’s artistic vision, technical guidelines and quality standards

Inspire, motivate, and mentor other artists in both technical and artistic areas

Maintain effective communication within the team to ensure everyone’s alignment with the project’s objectives

Provide regular reviews and feedback to team members in clear and constructive manner

Encourage creativity, participation and effective collaboration of all team members

Maintain a close working relationship with your direct manager, producers, leads, directors and other teams to push project quality

Actively participate in the constant improvement of work methods and pipelines

Help recruit new team members and plan the team’s strategic growth and development

Qualifications

Minimum 8 years of experience in the games industry working as an artist; including at least 2 years of management experience

Strong artistic skills and extensive experience in 3D art or level design (ideally both), experience with cutscenes and camera sequences is a plus

Thorough understanding of overall content design processes; including areas such as level design, 3D asset creation and game design

Effective planning and organizational skills with the ability to think strategically

Able to drive change and inspire others to generate new ideas

Excellent communicator with strong verbal and written English skills

Team player with a positive, problem-solving attitude and a superior motivation to create high quality content

Additional Information

Your benefits:

Flexible working hours

External training, education in our in-house guilds and knowledge sharing with other teams

We offer a highly motivating challenge for team players interested in showing personal initiative in an innovative and international company. If you are passionate about video games and would like to join an industry leader – please apply via our career portal. The application should include your resume, a cover letter including your earliest starting date, and why you would like to join us.

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